英语动物词汇引申意义初探

Study on the extended meanings of English animal words

英语中的动物词汇有许多引申意义,这些词语内容丰富、形式多变,而且在现代英语中在不断产生新义。本文从动物词汇的引申意义、引申意义的演变原因及其发展趋势这三个方面来进行阐述。一、动物词汇的引申意义。包括构词方法、词语搭配和修辞作用三点。二、动物词汇意义的演变原因。从历史、文化、风土人情和语言自身的发展四方面进行分析。三、动物词汇引申意义的发展趋势。从社会的发展和科学技术的进步两方面进行观察。

The English words from the names of animals have many extended meanings,with their rich contents and vari-ous forms,and their new meaning are still being generated.The article deals with the topic in three aspects:1.The extended meanings,including the formation,collocation and rhetoric.2.The reasons of their changes in meaning,with the analysis in history,culture,custom and the language itself.3.The tendency of the development,observed from the progress in human society and the advancement of science and technology.